| Abstract: | Following an analysis of the growing "need" and demand for sheltered housing, the paper considers the function of different sheltered housing types and the role of the warden. Sheltered housing management is also addressed and planning and policy conclusions drawn. The principle sources of data referred to in the paper consist of surveys of 17 housing managers, 156 wardens and some 5,000 or so tenant records, drawn from the urban West Midlands and rural Devon. Management and warden opinions and characteristics are analaysed against site and tenant characteristics (e.g., demographic, health, activity and movement/transition patterns). |
